Judges 10:13 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Yet you have abandoned me and worshiped other gods, so I will not rescue you anymore.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is telling the Israelites that because they have repeatedly turned away from Him to worship false gods, He will no longer come to their rescue when they're in trouble.

📚 Historical Context

The Book of Judges describes the period after Joshua's death when Israel was led by various judges amidst cycles of faithfulness and rebellion. In this context, the Israelites repeatedly turned away from God to worship foreign gods, which led to oppression by neighboring nations as a form of divine discipline. Judges 10 specifically shows God responding to Israel's pleas for help by highlighting their persistent unfaithfulness, declaring He would no longer deliver them.

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They abandoned the LORD and worshiped Baal and Ashtaroth instead.

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Because they have abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the people of Sidon, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not followed my ways or done what is right in my sight, and they have not kept my laws and commands like David his father did.

Ezekiel 16:25

You set up your worship sites on every street corner, turned your beauty into something disgusting, and threw yourself at anyone who walked by, just completely going off the rails with your unfaithfulness.

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